The mission of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is to improve truck and bus safety on our nation's highways. Our primary goal for measuring our success in accomplishing this mission is to reduce larger truck-related fatality rate 41% from 1996 to 2008. This reduction translates into a rate of 1.65 fatalities in truck crashes per 100 million miles of truck travel. Although deaths and injuries due to exposure to hazardous materials in transportation are not included in the calculation of truck-related fatalities or injuries, FMCSA has an important secondary goal [DOT Strategic Goal] to reduce the number of serious hazardous materials transportation incidents 20% by 2010 from the level of such serious incidents in fiscal year 2000. In addition, FMCSA also wishes to reduce the security risks of hazardous materials that could potentially be used to harm the public and environment. Developing programs to accomplish this secondary goal is the responsibility of the FMCSA Hazardous Materials (HM) Program.

Hazardous Materials Safety Permitting Information

HM Safety Permit Web Page

• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations: Hazardous Materials Safety Permits; Final rule; RIN 2126-AA07; Docket FMCSA-97-2180; (69 FR 39350);

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• HM Safety Advisory Notices
  • Repairs to Nurse Tanks
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  • Cargo Tank Failure, Charleston WV

• Hazardous Materials Safety Permits; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM); RIN 2126-AA07; (68 FR 49737)

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• Final Report: Uniform Program Pilot Project
  March 1996
  
  
• Information About Uniformity of State Hazardous Materials Permitting and Registration for Motor Carriers and Shippers (The "Alliance") Brochure
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• Alliance for Uniform HAZMAT Transportation Procedures Web Link

Hazardous Materials Program - General Information & Resources

• Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations - 49 CFR Parts 100-185

State Hazardous Materials Programs

• The FMCSA State HM Program Model Guidebook -
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• State Hazardous Materials Compliance Effectiveness Study - Final Document -
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Hazardous Materials Security

• Guide to Developing an Effective Security Plan for the Highway Transportation of Hazardous Materials
  
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• Field Operations Test FMCSA Webpage
  
• Motor Carrier Security FMCSA Webpage
  

Cargo Tank Motor Vehicle Safety

• Tank Check 2002 Report -
  
  PDF - HTML

• FMCSA HM Highlights HM TAG/ Cargo Tank TAG
  January 200
  

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• Unauthorized Cargo Tanks Used to Transport Hazardous Materials - February 1998 Federal Register Notice (26Kb)
  
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• Report on Dynamics of Tank Vehicle Rollover - November 1998 )
  
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Incident (Spill) Reporting and Prevention

• Hazardous Materials Incident Report - Regulatory Requirements for Reporting

• Hazardous Materials Incident Report (Form F 5800.1)
  
  PDF - HTML

• Guidance For Preparing Hazardous Materials Incident Reports - PDF

• Hazardous Materials Incident Prevention Manual
  July 1995

• Intrastate Hazmat Incident Reporting Compliance Brochure
  
  PDF - HTML

Hazardous Materials Shipper Information

• HM Shipper Check 2002 - March-April 2002 -
  
  PDF - HTML

• HM Shipper Check 2001 -
  March 2001
  
  PDF - HTML

• HM Shipper Check 2000 -
  March 2000
  
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Hazardous Materials Risk Assessment and Analysis

• Hazardous Materials Serious Crash Analysis: First Phase Final Report - February 2003

• HM Risk Assessment -
  March 2001 (3357Kb)
  
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Training and Education

• 2004 Emergency Reponse Guidebook
  
• Bilingual Hazardous Materials General Awareness Training (Familiarización General de Materiales Peligrosos)
  - Available in English and Espanol
  
• How to Comply with the Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations
  
• Transportation Safety Institute - HM Training
  
• Intrastate Hazmat Incident Reporting Compliance Brochure
  
  PDF - HTML

Other Government Hazardous Materials Websites

• National Hazardous Materials Route Registry (FMCSA)

• Research and Special Programs Administration

• Federal Railroad Administration

• DOE National Transportation Program

• Comprehensive FMCSA List of Transportation Links

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